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प्रश्न
How will you register individual participation in solid waste management?
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उत्तर
- Putting the garbage into the trash.
- Repair and maintain the goods and use them for longer.
- Using 3 'R' mantras in solid waste management. Reduce (reducing waste), reuse (reuse of waste), recycle (recycling of waste)
- Put the plastic wrap of chocolate, biscuits, ice cream or cold materials into dust bins without putting it in the road or open space.
- Avoid the use of plastic bags and use bags made from cloth bags, home old saris, bedsheets, and curtains as an alternative.
- Writing on both sides of the paper. Re-use of greeting cards, and gift papers.
- By reducing the use of tissue paper, use a handkerchief near themselves.
- Using a rechargeable battery instead of leading batteries.
- To encourage themselves, family and society in solid waste management, implementing various programs.
- Avoiding ‘use and throw’ type of articles like pens, canned cold drinks and tetra-packs etc.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is known as waste?
How is solid waste disposed of in ah incinerator?
What do you mean by a scrubber?
What is eutrophication?
How does an incinerator work?
Write any two things that can be recycled.
Explain the link between waste and dangerous diseases like dengue and malaria?
Which of the following substances will not be converted to compost when added in a composting pit?
Unwanted materials pollute our ______.
What is waste collection?
The term non-biodegradable is used for those things that can be easily decomposed.
The process by which waste materials are used to make new products is called recycling.
Match the following:
| i. | Avoid the usage | a. | Recycle |
| ii. | Sharing newspapers | b. | Incinerate |
| iii. | Using fountain pens | c. | Buying packaged food |
| iv. | Using old clothes to make paper | d. | Reducing |
| v. | Human anatomical waste | e. | Reusing |
Analogy:
Biodegradable waste: Leaves, Garden wastes:: Non-biodegradable waste: ______.
What is Landfill?
India produces 532 million kilos of solid waste every day.
Paheli gave the following ill effects of the practice of burning dried leaves and other plant parts
- Burning degrades the soil.
- Burning produces harmful gases/fumes.
- Precious raw materials to obtain manure at low cost is lost.
- Lot of heat is generated unnecessarily.
The correct reasons of why we should not burn leaves are
Provide a suitable term that expresses the meaning of the following statement.
An area where a lot of garbage is collected, spread out and covered with soil.
